If its the latter of course you need to take the yearly total with a ginormous grain of salt. So much so that I would not even bother personally.

But if you already have a yearly total and you are using the same device again, then its a fair and reasonably accurate comparison.

Good luck!!!

It was like that a year or so ago... but these days I find my phone gives me pretty much the same as the guys I ride with using a Garmin ( on some cyclosportives it has given me exactly what the organizer's have said there would be, where as the garmins were out.

Le Velo wrote:177,061 for me this year .... Unluckily to crack the 200,000 for this year but will make it a target for next year and see ....TTL, surely with all those hills around you it could be done

Yeah, but like I said, I have to do 30kms pretty much flat each way to get to the start of the big hills proper... as much as I would love to do 100km rides every day I don't think I could handle it .

Gassy wrote:Trying to get to 200,000 this year. still got a bit of work to do but finished work today.

It's only a bit of fun... personally I just want to double what I have done this year however I measure it, hopefully a couple of good 20-30,000 m months in summer will make it possible, cause after yesterdays effort I accept I won't get many meters up in Winter .

It does sound like a lot. I've only managed 4500+ once this year and that was the Marmotte in France. Even the ACE250 comes in around 4200. I'll probably be back to around 150,000 next year. I had a trip to France this year which helped with winter motivation and added a few more meters.

When my new Garmin & aux power supply pack arrives I'll probably be in for a different challenge in 2013....never been bothered with bike computer gadgets too much but it'll give me different goals on the bike. I'm not averse to a bit of climbing, the ACE250 has always been a favourite of mine and I love passing most other (younger) riders that I encounter on any hill.

Mind you I won't put up much for Jan/Feb as I'll be in Paris/France for a few weeks.

Gassy wrote:It does sound like a lot. I've only managed 4500+ once this year and that was the Marmotte in France. Even the ACE250 comes in around 4200. I'll probably be back to around 150,000 next year. I had a trip to France this year which helped with winter motivation and added a few more meters.

singlespeedscott wrote:

jimboss wrote:I'm in. Got 40k up since getting a roadie in September. Between 2500-4500 every week... Two days is 2500 and if I get my early Sunday ride in its 4500 easy. Keen.

That's a lot of hills. Where do you live?

Adelaide. I spend all my time on my road bike riding hills. The other 4 days a week I just commute.

Tuesday and Thursday I cover around 1300m (1000m morning, 300m lunch) and if I get my Sunday ride it is between 1500m and 2000m for that ride.

Tuesdays and Thursdays are between 80-100km in total. Sundays are 90-120km.

I enjoy riding hills and live close to them so 4500 is achievable for me

cavebear2 wrote:When my new Garmin & aux power supply pack arrives I'll probably be in for a different challenge in 2013....never been bothered with bike computer gadgets too much but it'll give me different goals on the bike. I'm not averse to a bit of climbing, the ACE250 has always been a favourite of mine and I love passing most other (younger) riders that I encounter on any hill.

Mind you I won't put up much for Jan/Feb as I'll be in Paris/France for a few weeks.

I'm surprised how much the rolling hills around here accumulate on strava. Not sure it's at all accurate given my garmin sometimes climbs on a stationary trainer but I spose everyone gets the same boost

cavebear2 wrote:When my new Garmin & aux power supply pack arrives I'll probably be in for a different challenge in 2013....never been bothered with bike computer gadgets too much but it'll give me different goals on the bike. I'm not averse to a bit of climbing, the ACE250 has always been a favourite of mine and I love passing most other (younger) riders that I encounter on any hill.

Mind you I won't put up much for Jan/Feb as I'll be in Paris/France for a few weeks.

cavebear2 wrote:When my new Garmin & aux power supply pack arrives I'll probably be in for a different challenge in 2013....never been bothered with bike computer gadgets too much but it'll give me different goals on the bike. I'm not averse to a bit of climbing, the ACE250 has always been a favourite of mine and I love passing most other (younger) riders that I encounter on any hill.

Mind you I won't put up much for Jan/Feb as I'll be in Paris/France for a few weeks.

cavebear2 wrote:When my new Garmin & aux power supply pack arrives I'll probably be in for a different challenge in 2013....never been bothered with bike computer gadgets too much but it'll give me different goals on the bike. I'm not averse to a bit of climbing, the ACE250 has always been a favourite of mine and I love passing most other (younger) riders that I encounter on any hill.

Mind you I won't put up much for Jan/Feb as I'll be in Paris/France for a few weeks.

cavebear2 wrote:When my new Garmin & aux power supply pack arrives I'll probably be in for a different challenge in 2013....never been bothered with bike computer gadgets too much but it'll give me different goals on the bike. I'm not averse to a bit of climbing, the ACE250 has always been a favourite of mine and I love passing most other (younger) riders that I encounter on any hill.

Mind you I won't put up much for Jan/Feb as I'll be in Paris/France for a few weeks.